Internet ‘Kill Switch’ Legislation Back in Play — Legislation granting the president internet-killing powers is to be re-introduced soon to a Senate committee, the proposal's chief sponsor told Wired.com on Friday. — The resurgence of the so-called “kill switch” legislation came the same …

Egypt shutdown worst in Internet history: experts — PARIS (AFP) - The scale of Egypt's crackdown on the Internet and mobile phones amid deadly protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak is unprecedented in the history of the web, experts said. — US President Barack Obama …

Recent events in Egypt — The current state of affairs in Egypt looks quite bleak for people using Vodafone, Orange, TE Data, and other well-known service providers. It is reported that each of those companies was ordered by the Egyptian government to turn down their internet services.

Announcing the winners of the Kinect contest — When the Kinect launched, Adafruit Industries ran a contest for the first person who released open-source code to extract video and depth from the Kinect. Adafruit also ended up donating to the EFF after the contest was over.

The Problems of Scaling and Scoble at Quora — You knew it was a new era for Quora when Mashable made a list - “9 Ways to Get More Out of Quora.” The writer in question, a public relations blogger named Heather Whaling, informed the Cashmore constituency that Quora offered rich land …

Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy — JUST before Google first sold its shares to the public in 2004, Larry Page, one of its founders, excited the nonprofit world with a bold commitment to philanthropy. — He vowed to dedicate about 1 percent of Google's profits …

Twitter, as a Helpmate, Goes to Capitol Hill — WASHINGTON — Adam Sharp fits in well in the Beltway political scene where he used to work — first in the office of Senator Mary L. Landrieu, and then as the executive producer for digital services at C-Span.

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